Grosperrin 12 year Borderies Cognac 50.8% 700ml

Grosperrin

Grosperrin 12 year Borderies Cognac 50.8% 700ml

Style Cognac > Borderies, Cognac
Producer Grosperrin
Origin Cognac (Saintes — between Fins Bois and Borderies)
Bottle 700ml
$201 / btl
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What it tastes like.

This Cognac was produced in the Burie region by two brothers, now retired, who cultivated their vines in a traditional way, without fertilizer, and with a minimum of treatments (5 per year on average, according to their declaration). \n \nPassionate about bio-diversity and traditions, not hesitating to pass for originals in the eyes of their neighbors, they vinified their wines with indigenous yeasts, aged them on lees, and until their retirement they distilled their production in using a small still heated over a wood fire. \n \nFaithful to our desire to have in our collection only particularly rare cognacs if they are under 20 years old (or to have none), this one proudly displays its specificity of a cognac characteristic of the Borderies , the smallest cru of our appellation, produced using ancient and unusual methods today. \n \nAlready amber color. Lots of amount for this cognac, supported by a high degree. On the nose, notes both mineral and rancid, with a floral touch, narcissus, daffodil. There is amplitude, light waxed and tertiary notes emerge. On the palate, the attack is lively, frank, the mineral side of the Borderies is fully expressed, with even a flint side. Aromatic power, but well balanced, there is no burning or stinging. The first rancios are present, they give relief to this cognac, and almost a smoky side. Floral notes return in retroolfaction. The finish is long, the youthful pastry side has disappeared. So greedy. A beautiful cognac.
The house

About Grosperrin.

Cognac (Saintes — between Fins Bois and Borderies) ·Est. 1999

Cognac Grosperrin is an independent Cognac house founded in 1999 by Jean Grosperrin, who had worked in the Cognac trade as a distiller and broker for nearly two decades before launching his own venture. Frustrated by exceptional Cognac batches being absorbed into mass-market blends, Jean began bottling rare casks under his own label as Cognac de Collection — vintage-specific, cask-strength single-batch releases. His son Guilhem took over in 2004 at age 23. The house operates from Saintes, between the Fins Bois and Borderies sub-appellations of Cognac.

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At the table

How to pour it.

  • Temperature

    Room temperature. No ice for the first pour — taste the spirit before diluting.

  • Glassware

    Tulip or copita — NOT a balloon snifter (drops the aroma).

Bottle questions

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A few practical answers for storage, delivery, and choosing the right bottle.

How should I store it before opening?

Keep it somewhere cool, dark, and steady. Wine prefers cellar temperature; spirits are happier away from heat and direct sunlight.

How long will it keep once opened?

Wine changes quickly after opening; spirits and liqueurs generally hold longer if capped tightly and kept out of heat. If it is a special bottle, ask before opening and the team can give product-specific guidance.

Can I ask for a similar bottle?

Yes. Contact Caravan with this bottle name and the occasion; the team can suggest a close match, a safer gift, or a step up or down in price.

How is it packed for delivery?

Orders are packed in bottle-safe cartons. If anything arrives damaged or looks wrong, contact the team with your order number and a photo so they can sort the next step.

What about hot weather shipping?

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Grosperrin 12 year Borderies Cognac 50.8% 700ml
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Why Caravan backs Grosperrin

Cognac (Saintes — between Fins Bois and Borderies)

Jean Grosperrin began his career as a distiller in Lorraine in the early 1980s, before moving south to Cognac to work as a distiller and then as a broker — the trade role of finding old Cognac stocks held by small estate-distillers and matching them with houses needing inventory. In 1994 he transitioned into wholesale, and in 1999 he set up Cognac Grosperrin as his own house. The founding decision was a reaction against the standard Cognac trade model: rare batches of old eaux-de-vie that had been carefully aged by individual estates were routinely absorbed into the commercial multi-estate blends of the major houses, losing their vintage and provenance specificity.

Grosperrin's model is to bottle each acquired batch separately under its original vintage and Cru classification — Bons Bois, Fins Bois, Petite Champagne, Grande Champagne, Borderies — and to release them at cask strength rather than reduced to commercial proof. The labels carry distillation year and the cellar history. Jean's son Guilhem took over in 2004 at 23 years old; in 2013 Axelle Grosperrin joined as brand representative. The current cellar holds Cognacs distilled from the 1940s onwards, with ongoing releases of rare twentieth-century vintage stocks the family has acquired across the founding-and-now-25-year history.

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